diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8dc83666e6..5804e75284 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ local.properties
 # PDT-specific
 .buildpath
 
+#################
+## Clion
+#################
+cmake-build-release/
+cmake-build-debug/
+
 #################
 ## Visual Studio
 #################
diff --git a/code/ui/globalShuffledTiers.h b/code/ui/globalShuffledTiers.h
index 504e8231fe..3c93a86009 100644
--- a/code/ui/globalShuffledTiers.h
+++ b/code/ui/globalShuffledTiers.h
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ extern std::string SHUFFLED_TIER_1;
 extern std::string SHUFFLED_TIER_2;
 extern std::string SHUFFLED_TIER_3;
 
+// the modified main menu
+extern std::string MAIN_MENU;
+
 // template for the generated menu files
 // will be set on startup
 static std::string TMPLT;
diff --git a/code/ui/ui_main.cpp b/code/ui/ui_main.cpp
index 31729efaeb..1253140dfc 100644
--- a/code/ui/ui_main.cpp
+++ b/code/ui/ui_main.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ USER INTERFACE MAIN
 std::string SHUFFLED_TIER_1;
 std::string SHUFFLED_TIER_2;
 std::string SHUFFLED_TIER_3;
+std::string MAIN_MENU;
 
 #include "../server/exe_headers.h"
 
@@ -2898,6 +2899,11 @@ void UI_ParseMenu(const char *menuFile)
     // if we injected our own randomized menu or not
     bool injected = false;
 
+	// to display message on main menu
+	if(strcmp(menuFile, "ui/main.menu") == 0) {
+		injected = true;
+	}
+
     // Mission select menu gets loaded --> ITS A TRAP!!!
     // disable free() because YOLO
     if(strcmp(menuFile, "ui/ingameMissionSelect1.menu") == 0 && SHUFFLED_TIER_1.length() > 0) {
@@ -4282,7 +4288,7 @@ void UI_MainMenu(void)
     std::ifstream templateFileHandle(TEMPLATE_FILE_NAME.c_str());
 
     // crash if the file isn't present
-    assert(templateFileHandle.good() && "Template file isn't present :(");
+    assert(templateFileHandle.good() && "The template file isn't present :(");
 
 
     // read the tempalte from file
diff --git a/code/ui/ui_shared.cpp b/code/ui/ui_shared.cpp
index 1cfac63adc..cc5d4274cf 100644
--- a/code/ui/ui_shared.cpp
+++ b/code/ui/ui_shared.cpp
@@ -5867,6 +5867,38 @@ int PC_StartParseSession(const char *fileName,char **buffer)
 	// Try to open file and read it in.
 	len = ui.FS_ReadFile( fileName,(void **) buffer  );
 
+    // display randomizer message on main menu
+    if(strcmp(fileName, "ui/main.menu") == 0) {
+        MAIN_MENU = std::string(*buffer);
+
+		size_t start_pos = 0;
+		std::string pattern = "@MENUS_EXIT";
+
+		std::vector<std::string> texts = {
+				"FWAHAHAHAHA",
+				"\"NOW WITH EVEN MOAR RANDOM\"",
+				"\"THIS_WILL_BE_HARD\"",
+				"\"OpenJK Rand0mizer by JoeBananas\"",
+				"\"GET ME OUTTA HERE\"",
+				"\"EXTREMELY HARD RANDOM PATTERN DETECTED\"",
+				"\"IT'S A TRAP\"",
+				"\"BLAME IT ON THE GRAN\"",
+				"\"THIS IS BANANAS\"",
+				"\"SUCH RANDOM\"",
+		};
+
+		srand(unsigned(time(NULL)));
+		std::string repl = texts[rand() % (texts.size()-1)];
+
+		while((start_pos = MAIN_MENU.find(pattern, start_pos)) != std::string::npos) {
+			MAIN_MENU.replace(start_pos, pattern.length(), repl);
+			start_pos += repl.length();
+		}
+
+
+        *buffer = &MAIN_MENU[0];
+    }
+
     // Randomizer Hack: use our menu lel
 	if(strcmp(fileName, "ui/ingameMissionSelect1.menu") == 0 && SHUFFLED_TIER_1.length() > 0) {
         // inject the randomized menu into the buffer --> Win